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Writing 201, Assignment 6: Ballad – Mama, Papa (Heroes)

The weekend served as a short break from the poetry assignments of Writing 201. I haven’t been contorting my imagination in new and interesting ways, and it turns out, I missed it. The week opens with a wonderful new prompt of Heroes. These could be, fictional, real, or even a semi non fictional exaggeration of our individual awesomeness. As much as I would have loved to create an action filled epic of me, as some dragon slaying hero, I had to dedicate my Ballad (Poetic Form of the day) to a couple of real heroes, My parents. The poetic device(s) for today, I cant even pronounce correctly are, Anaphora and Epistrophe. These refer to the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning and ending of multiple lines of verse, respectively. Im unsure as to how well my piece meets the criteria for a ballad, or the poetic devices for that matter, but I’m hoping it says what I hoped it to say. Enjoy!

Well this is kind of beautiful. I feel the same way about my parents, they’re the quiet heroes that taught me (and keep teaching me) so much. Really loved the way you spun the epic tone of ballads into a modern setting. Worked perfectly

Thank you very much. I learned to appreciate the sacrifices they made for me an my brothers and learned that those moments they were being “kill joys” they were hoping to teach us to be better men. I know I wouldn’t be writing this blog, or writing as I do today if it wasn’t for sacrifices they’ve made to provide me and my brothers with opportunities. I appreciate you reading and enjoying this piece.